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If it wasn't Big Tech, the people here would have us feeding them to Mastodon. I do not believe that's much of an improvement.

Edit: For the reply, about "Mastodon is not a company but many independent actors"...

Who on earth is making sure those independent actors don't do... any of that? If Mastodon gets large enough, don't be surprised when the largest instances start doing exactly that.

Mastodon is not a company but many independent actors; it doesn't track you, doesn't show you ads or tries to earn money from you. It's like email.

Going to prison would not be enough, he'd be pardoned very quickly and there'd be very little of a discouraging effect on other megacorps with similar ethics.

True, plus Meta's harmful impact goes way beyond the US of A so it would benefit probably everybody.